The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-01
Tie president, -Four.


Yesterday the royal progress OF the |
presidcut-royol in all but name
commenced. For sumptuousUcss
luxury, style, circumstance and dis
play this journey has not been sur
pessCd by any royal progress made
in Europe since Eiward III and
John of France met on the Field OF
the Cloth OF q Id. Shade of dear, plain,
old Thomas Jefferson, who rode his
quiet horse to the enclosure OF the
capitol, di-mouuted and with his own
presidential bands hitched him to the
fence, what are we coming t.; This
Journey il doubtless the result OF
pressing urgings and it is true that
1t Is to cost the government not one
cent, but still the people have some
thing to do with it, because it is a
very wide departure from that pure
republican simplicity, which upon
occasion has been the pride and boast
| of America ever since the govern
mcnt was organized, This lavish dis.
/ play is made too when to all human
appearing the country is on the very
verge Of another of those seasons OF
financial distress, which wreck so
many hopes and destroy so many of
the men who are conducting the COM
mcrcial enterprises OF the nation.
This is all the more unsCcmly, be-
cause part of the trouble is traceable
TO government faul'-not to the eX
ecutive bran h, however we are
proud TO say, but to the lack of nee
essary gressional action, which
possibly might have been stimulated
to greater activity by executive en-
ergy. This sort of blame, if blame it
may be Justly called, is only negative,
at the farthest. But there is Il press
ing necessity now for the closest eX-
ocutive attention, and perhaps for
the president to call congress
together in extra session to apply
the remedies which should have been
applied during last session rs proven
tive.
There is no good reason
presidential brain not be at
work ON these problems while
Ell route, but the chances are agaiusl
that sort OF thing. Then, too, owing
to the little rtlait between his
eXcelIency and the Grand Army OF
the Republic. there = little sacrifice
OF dignity in the matter
which is regretted. Thus taken altos
.ether the visit west is inopportune
and out of place, and its effect will be
to diminish Mr.. C!eveland'~ chances
next year. Vhis has been 50 far the
only circumstance that has ever oc-
cured since Mr.. Clevcland's inaugur-
alton which is at all or which has
beer at all likely to diminish the
popular respect for him, or for the
presidential office which he admins
tiers so acceptably.
His administration has been claimed
as business administration. Politi
clans have proudly pointed to it and
challenged the commercial interests
of the nation to say if there was not
more business in it than politics, aud
commercial people have proudly
claimed that it was commercial rather
than political or partizan. Thus vim
I dicatiug their claim that they were
caring only for the material prosperl-
ty of the nation when they chose the
great New Yorker to lead the demo.
cratic hosts to victory But
if this is really and truly business
administration surely this is no time
for its official head and executive to 20
| junketing over the country in gore
geous train and showing himself to
the masses as o ctscle of political
spleudor.
Let him stay ti, impending psuic,
aud then we will oily welcome him
in the west, and especially III Texas,
where ne has mauy sincere admirers,
and not one of them is moro ardent
orCevoted than The WACO FXAMI-
MIR.